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The group has been recognised for its sustained model of embedding people with lived experience across their musculoskeletal research.

Dr MacDonald wins this year's prestigious award for presenting his work on the link between adverse childhood experiences and later onset of chronic pain from the Consortium Against Pain inEquality (CAPE) study.

We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Epi Group newsletter is now available to download!

Claire recently joined the Epidemiology Group as an interdisciplinary PhD student researching sex and gender differences in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

We welcome back Jonny Lock to our team after his previous stint working on the BSR-PsA study from 2019-2021. He joins us as an Assistant Study Coordinator on the UKAR and PIOKNEER studies.

Dr Gayani Dissanayake joins the group as an Honorary Post Doctoral Research Fellow with a background of public health.

Epi Group's Patient-centred Care for Fibromyalgia: New pathway Design (PACFiND) analysis of the state of care in the UK for fibromyalgia patients identifies multiple failings of current systems, and set to publish practical guidance to improve care

We are delighted to welcome three new interns to our group from the University of Bremen, Germany - Fazila Jafari, Chanel Liedtke and Lina vom Wege.

David is a medical doctor training in Public Health. He is joining the Epidemiology group for a 12-month attachment.

Last week the Epidemiology Group of IAHS hosted UK-RiME (UK Research in Musculoskeletal Epidemiology), an annual meeting of academic units across the UK with a focus on musculoskeletal (MSK) epidemiology.